Headlines- After the downing of a US Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command announces strikes on Iran.
- Several Iranian radar systems and air defense systems around the Strait of Hormuz the targets of US army strikes in Iran.
- Iranian media reported that after US army strikes, explosions were heard in several Iranian areas.
- A $70 billion immigration enforcement package was approved by the US House on Tuesday, providing financing for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump's term.
- The Artemis III crew will begin a year or more of task-specific training on Tuesday when NASA unveiled the four astronauts of the upcoming Artemis moon program mission.
Tag: Nigerian Bolo Haram Insurgency
Nigerian Youth Hold Vigil for Student...
Nigerian youth have held a vigil for a student killed last month by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province, a breakaway Boko Haram group. The militants released a video showing the gruesome execution of 22-year-old Ropvil Daciya, who the group kidnapped on January 9 while he was travelling from his hometown of Jos to Maiduguri
African Stories
The terrorist group Boko Haram has exploited high unemployment to recruit new fighters in Cameroon along the Nigerian Border…In 2003, then-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo signed the Child Right Act into law in 2003, to preserve the rights of children and protect them from exploitative labor. But 17 years later, millions of Nigerian children still take on physically challenging work
Thousands Missing in Nigeria After Decade...
The International Committee of the Red Cross says their highest caseload of missing persons in the world is currently in Nigeria. Nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been reported as missing in connection with the 10-year-old insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram